Uruguay hosts biggest BBQ, grills 12 tons of beef - the best gas bbq grills

Mongolia, Reuters-Thousands of barbecue enthusiasts in Uruguay baked 12 metric tons (26,400) of beef on Sunday, setting a new Guinness world record, while boosting the country's juicy top exports.The army set up a grill nearly a mile long, and firefighters lit 6 tons of charcoal and started cooking on a large scale.About 1,250 people roast beef, and about 20,000 spectators cried happily when a judge in Guinness confirmed the barbecue record was broken."I am very proud to be Uruguayan.We have the best beef and now we have the biggest BBQ in the world, "said a volunteer chef wearing an apron and a chef's hat.Starting in 2006, the South American country broke Mexico's barbecue record with 4 tons.The barbecue was organized by the National Meat Association (INAC), which tracks foreign beef sales in Spanish.Last year, Uruguay's beef exports reached $0.817 billion.About three countries.Argentina and Brazil are also major cattle-raising countries, with 2 million people crowded between larger neighbors."Uruguay is very small and other events don't know, so we have to use these gimmicks so people can know where Uruguay is and what it can offer," said Fernando Perez Abella, vice president of INAC.